Following an eight-month covert investigation, a team of around 50 officers raided five gang-controlled premises and six drug farms in the early hours of yesterday, seizing an estimated £750,000 worth of cannabis.

The cannabis dens targeted were in Linden Road in Gloucester, Nelson Street in Tredworth, Marsh Gardens in Cheltenham, Arthur Street in Gloucester, Birchmore Road in Gloucester and St Philip’s Close in Hucclecote.

Officers also raided addresses on Wharfside Close in Hempsted, Widden Street in Gloucester, High Street in Tredworth, Orchard Close in Longford and the Olympus Café on Barton Street, Gloucester.